Release notes from v0.8 on main

.github/skills/overall-status/references/common.md

@@ -298,6 +298,61 @@ line. Rules:
   to a plain `**bold paragraph**` — the admonition class is what makes
   it visually prominent.
 
+### C4.2.1 Per-link status markers — Inspection & Report cells (mandatory)
+
+Inspection cells (`Req. Inspection`, `Arch. Inspection`, `Impl. Inspection`)
+and the **Module Verification Report** cells routinely list many source
+links (Baselibs alone has 10 checklists per inspection column). A reader
+cannot tell which checklist is finished from the aggregate `3/10` count
+alone. Therefore **every source link in these cells MUST be prefixed with a
+status marker** derived from the *linked* file's document-level `:status:`
+(the same `:status:` that drives the cell count — see
+[C3.3](#c33-inspections)):
+
+| Linked file `:status:` | Marker |
+|---|---|
+| `valid`                | ✅ |
+| `draft`                | 🔄 |
+| `invalid`              | ❌ |
+| missing / no `:status:`| ⚠️ (investigate — usually a wrong path) |
+
+Format — the marker sits **between** the line-block bar and the backtick:
+
+```rst
+   - 🔄 30% (3/10)
+
+     | ✅ `baselibs <…/docs/requirements/chklst_req_inspection.rst>`__
+     | ✅ `bitmanipulation <…/docs/requirements/chklst_req_inspection.rst>`__
+     | 🔄 `concurrency <…/docs/requirements/chklst_req_inspection.rst>`__
+```
+
+Hard rules:
+- Applies to **every** cell whose links point at `chklst_*_inspection.rst`
+  files (`Req./Arch./Impl. Inspection`) **and** at
+  `module_verification_report.rst` / `platform_ver_report.rst` files.
+- The marker reflects the **document-level** `:status:` of the *linked*
+  file (parse with `count_checklist_status`, see
+  [Step 2](#step-2--count-directives)), **not** the aggregate cell status.
+- Self-check: the number of ✅ markers in a cell **MUST equal** the `valid`
+  numerator of that cell (e.g. `3/10` ⇒ exactly three ✅). A mismatch means
+  a stale marker or a wrong link.
+- Requirements / Architecture / Detailed-Design / Code cells (which link
+  `index.rst` requirement/architecture files, **not** checklists) do **not**
+  get per-link markers — only inspection and report links do.
+- Markers are additive to the existing link rules ([C4.2](#c42-source-links--mandatory)):
+  keep the component-name label, the pinned-ref URL and the no-cap listing.
+
+Helper (renders one marked inspection/report link):
+
+```python
+INSP_MARK = {"valid": "✅", "draft": "🔄", "invalid": "❌"}
+
+def insp_link(label, url, status):
+    """status is the document :status: of the linked chklst_*/report file,
+    from count_checklist_status()'s underlying :status: match."""
+    return f"| {INSP_MARK.get(status, '⚠️')} `{label} <{url}>`__"
+```
+
 ### C4.3 Per-PA progress figures
 
 Each Process Area embeds one SVG figure under `docs/_assets/`:

.github/skills/overall-status/references/pa2-requirements.md

@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ embedding) see [common.md C4](./common.md#c4-rst-formatting-rules).
   (`.trlc`, not parsed) — render the Component Req cell as
   `0/0 comp_req [TRLC]` plus a link to the `.trlc` file (see
   [C4.2](./common.md#c42-source-links--mandatory)).
+- **Per-link status markers (Req. Inspection):** prefix every
+  `chklst_req_inspection.rst` link with ✅/🔄/❌ by its document `:status:`
+  (count of ✅ must equal the `valid` numerator) — see
+  [common.md C4.2.1](./common.md#c421-per-link-status-markers--inspection--report-cells-mandatory).
 
 ---
 

.github/skills/overall-status/references/pa3-architecture.md

@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ Never counted as Arch directives: `stkh_req`, `tool_req`, `document`,
 `needtable`, `needpie`, `needextend`, `figure`, `uml`, `note`, `attention`,
 `toctree`, `grid`.
 
+- **Per-link status markers (Arch. Inspection):** prefix every
+  `chklst_arc_inspection.rst` link with ✅/🔄/❌ by its document `:status:`
+  (count of ✅ must equal the `valid` numerator) — see
+  [common.md C4.2.1](./common.md#c421-per-link-status-markers--inspection--report-cells-mandatory).
+
 ---
 
 ## Path filters

.github/skills/overall-status/references/pa4-implementation.md

@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@ estimate (Code), directive counting (Detailed Design) and checklist status
 | Detailed Design | `dd` | `dd`, `dd_sta`, `dd_dyn` |
 | Impl. Inspection | `chklst` | document `:status:` of each `chklst_impl_inspection.rst` / `chklst_dd_inspection.rst` (see [C3.3](./common.md#c33-inspections)) |
 
+- **Per-link status markers (Impl. Inspection):** prefix every
+  `chklst_impl_inspection.rst` / `chklst_dd_inspection.rst` link with
+  ✅/🔄/❌ by its document `:status:` (count of ✅ must equal the `valid`
+  numerator) — see
+  [common.md C4.2.1](./common.md#c421-per-link-status-markers--inspection--report-cells-mandatory).
+
 ### Lines of Code (Code column)
 
 LOC counts every line in source files (`.cpp .h .c .rs .py`) outside `docs/`,

.github/skills/overall-status/references/pa5-verification.md

@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ status and the module verification report. For shared conventions see
 | **Module Ver. Report** | `verification/module_verification_report.rst` `:status: valid` and contains data | `:status: draft` | absent or template only |
 | **Platform Ver. Report** | _no column_ — the platform verification report exists **once** for the entire platform; do not render it as a per-module column. Add it as a **bold one-liner immediately after the PA5 table** (see [Platform Verification Report](#platform-verification-report)). | | |
 
+- **Per-link status marker (Module Ver. Report):** prefix the
+  `module_verification_report.rst` link with ✅/🔄/❌ by its document
+  `:status:` — see
+  [common.md C4.2.1](./common.md#c421-per-link-status-markers--inspection--report-cells-mandatory).
+
 > **Static / Dynamic Analysis cells render the status only, no source-code
 > link.** The PA5 link discipline of
 > [common.md C4.2](./common.md#c42-source-links--mandatory) does not apply to
@@ -43,6 +48,59 @@ singular/plural (`1 test` vs `N tests`).
 
 ---
 
+## Test-counting pitfalls (read before touching Unit / Comp. IT numbers)
+
+Test discovery is the **most error-prone** part of PA5. Verified failure
+modes (each has produced a wrong number in the past — Logging was `340`
+unit / `❌` comp when the truth is `650` / `8`):
+
+1. **Count all components of a module, not just one subtree.** Two-component
+   modules keep tests in several roots — e.g. Logging has **both**
+   `score/datarouter/**` (~324 cases) **and** `score/mw/log/**` (~326).
+   Missing one silently halves the count. Always walk the *whole* repo tree.
+2. **Rust inline unit tests live in `src/`, not in `tests/`.** Counting only
+   files under a `test/`-style path (the old `is_test_path`) **misses every
+   `#[cfg(test)] mod tests { #[test] … }`** in `src/*.rs`. Lifecycle has
+   **235** such inline tests, all in `src/`. Count `#[test]` /
+   `#[tokio::test]` in **all** `.rs` files (outside `docs/`, `third_party/`,
+   `bazel-*`).
+3. **Unit vs. Component/Integration is per-repo convention, not one rule.**
+   There is no single reliable heuristic; classify with the module's own
+   convention:
+
+   | Module | Component/Integration tests live in | Count |
+   |---|---|---|
+   | Logging | `score/test/component/**` (Bazel `tags=["integration"]`, ITF `py_*_itf_test`) | 8 |
+   | Persistency | `tests/test_cases/tests/test_cit_*.py` (**CIT** = Component Integration Test) | 44 |
+   | Baselibs | `score/os/utils/test/mqueueintegration_test.cpp` | 13 |
+   | Communication | `score/mw/com/test/**/integration_test/*.py` | 63 |
+   | Time | `score/**/tests/integration_tests/**` | 4 |
+   | Security/Crypto | `tests/integration_tests/integration_test.py` | 11 |
+   | Some/IP | `tests/integration_test/**` + `quality/integration_testing/**` | 21 |
+
+   A **Rust `tests/` directory is a *crate integration* test**, but a
+   C++ component's `tests/` subfolder (e.g. `futurecpp/tests/`) is that
+   component's **unit** tests — do **not** blanket-classify `tests/` as
+   integration.
+4. **Two different "test count" metrics exist — do not mix them.**
+   - *Test-case declarations* — count of `TEST*(` / `#[test]` / `def test_`
+     macros (Logging 650, Baselibs ~5.7k).
+   - *Executed test cases* — the same expanded over `TYPED_TEST` types and
+     parametrised instances (Baselibs `25833`). Bazel CI reports *test
+     **targets*** (`Executed N tests` ≈ 297), a **third** number.
+
+   The current table predominantly uses the **executed-case** metric. When a
+   single cell is corrected, match the metric already used in that column;
+   do **not** silently switch the whole column to a different metric.
+
+> **When in doubt, verify a suspicious cell manually** against the repo at
+> the pinned ref (fetch the test files, count) before overwriting — a
+> `✅ Available` test cell dropping to `❌ Open` is almost always a discovery
+> bug, not a real regression (see the plausibility gate in
+> [common.md Step 5b](./common.md#5b-plausibility--diff-each-cell)).
+
+---
+
 ## Coverage CI keys
 
 Coverage data is read from the latest successful run of workflow id